About block 959,856
Bitcoin block 959,856 was mined by AntPool on July 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 5 min 52 s after block 959,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,962 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0366 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1616 BTC for this block.
Block 959,856 is number 241 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,775 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,144 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,676 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.